Pope Sixtus II

Pope Sixtus II (210-6 August 258) was Pope from 257 to 258, succeeding Pope Stephen I and preceding Pope Dionysius.

Biography
Sixtus was born in 210 to a family of Greeks, and he became a philosopher. On 31 August 257 he was elected as Pope, and he restored relations with African and Asian churches, who had been cut off by Pope Stephen I due to their support of Novatianism. Sixtus was one of the first victims of Valerian's persecution of Christians in 258, being beheaded along with six deacons in Rome.